Chapter 25: Half Awakened! First Update

  "I've been imprisoned by the Long family for so many years, but Lord Long is a noble and refined person who wouldn't bother with petty squabbles with commoners. Once I return to the Barbarian God Tribe, I won't come back seeking revenge, don't worry." Barbarian Dragon hastily said, fearing that Tang Lin might not agree.

  Tang Lin's eyes flickered, and he naturally wouldn't believe this, remaining silent for a moment before saying: "I can take you there, but we have to wait until Xiao Hui recovers her human form."

  "This is no problem, I, Lord Ryūjin, will immediately release the seal on this little dog's body and let its soul be freed." Lord Ryūjin hastily said.

  Tang Lin's mouth curved up slightly as he said slowly, "The seal on Xiao Hui's body isn't something that just anyone can undo. It was sealed by a powerful member of the Demon Vanquishing Tribe, and only a special technique can unlock it. Although you're a Wild Dragon with great strength, when it comes to unsealing, you're far inferior to the Demon Vanquishing Tribe."

  What he said is true.

  The barbarian dragon suddenly fell silent.

  As a dragon of the Barbarian God tribe, he knew that the sealing technique of the Town Demon tribe was special and complicated, and people outside the tribe could not break it at all.

  "So there's no other way?" Buran asked in a low tone.

  Tang Lin shook his head and said: "Xiao Hui has said that only when he regains his human form can he find the location of the Man God tribe, otherwise, it will take me there now."

  The barbarian dragon fell silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, you should still be under eighteen years old, right? Looking at your bone patterns, you're only around sixteen years old. At such a young age, you've already become a half-saint. Once you become a saint, you should be able to lift the seal on this little dog's body. I'll give you one year's time. If after one year you still haven't become a saint... Hehe..."

  A sinister and mysterious smile lingered around Tang Lin's ears, with a cold breath saying: "Don't blame me for being ruthless!"

  Tang Lin was taken aback for a moment.

  I've seen people being forced into marriage, I've seen people being forced to their deaths, but I've never seen anyone being forced into sainthood.

  Can one become a saint in just one year?

  Tang Lin furrowed his brow and said, "You should know that becoming a saint isn't something that can be easily achieved. It requires a state of mind, spiritual power, and physical strength to all reach the Great Perfection. Only then can one break through martial arts and become a saint, transcending the ordinary. Although I am already half-saint now, it may take thousands of years to become a true saint."

  "Hmph, I don't care." The Dragon King said proudly.

  Tang Lin's eyebrows were tightly locked, and he suddenly felt very foolish. He didn't understand the cow playing the zither, nor did he understand the dragon talking about reason, so naturally he wouldn't understand either.

  Actually, this barbarian dragon didn't really intend to harm Tang Lin. It was originally holding onto hope, but when it saw that Tang Lin had no way of bringing him back to the Barbarian God Clan, although his heart felt a bit down, he didn't take it too seriously after all, it's just a matter of waiting two more years.

  But seeing Tang Lin's comfortable appearance in the Dragon Pool, he deliberately teased him. He himself knew that becoming a saint was not so simple, and he had personal experience. Not to mention one year, even if it took a hundred years to become a saint, it would be extremely extraordinary.

  "Little friend, remember, you didn't see me, got it? If you reveal my whereabouts... Hmph!" The fierce dragon transmitted a message and then disappeared.

  Tang Lin and the others waited for a moment, but they didn't hear it speak again. They knew it had walked far away.

  "It's really lying down and being shot." Tang Lin sighed.

  He lay in the Dragon Refining Pool, continuing to absorb the spiritual energy within it, putting the matter of the Fierce Dragon aside for now. As for becoming a Saint? This couldn't be rushed. Although there was the threat of the Fierce Dragon, Tang Lin didn't panic. If he were to be greedy and rash, and accidentally go mad from entering the fire, then he would be completely finished.

  "After leaving the Long family and reporting to the Holy Temple, I will have to choose a time to return to the 'Ruthless Immortal Mansion'. As Black Demon said earlier, once I reach the Martial God realm, I can enter the first layer and obtain the right to control the mansion."

  When swallowing the spiritual energy, Tang Lin's mind emerged with many thoughts: "I don't know what precious treasures are in that first layer."

  "However, with my current situation, I already have too many things on my hands. The nameless sword technique from the Round Moon, the complete Seven Stars Sword Manual, the Starry Sky Body Technique, and the Ruthless Sword Technique are all still not fully digested."

  "Greed will bring trouble, and patience will bring refinement."

  "This ruthless sword technique, what's being refined isn't the moves, but the spirit. Only by grasping the essence of the sword technique can one unleash its power. The first layer, 'Tragic Love Sword Technique', still hasn't been comprehended, not even stepping into the doorway."

  "That nameless sword technique is extremely powerful, but I only remember the moves, and the spirit is still lacking, not fully grasping it, otherwise its power should be very strong."

  "As for the Seven Stars Sword Technique, it has a total of nine layers. When fully executed, it is like a raging storm, although in terms of swordsmanship, it may be inferior to this nameless sword technique, but it still belongs to the superior sword techniques."

  "As for the boundless starry sky, this set of body techniques' second layer is also divided into three small layers. The first layer is 'shrinking the earth to an inch', which I still can't comprehend."

  "These things all require a long time to settle and comprehend, my path is still very long." Tang Lin thought of these sword techniques and bodily movements, and he felt the grandeur of the martial arts gate, which contained infinite wisdom.

  "Now he is already half-saint, tempering spiritual power as the first." Tang Lin immediately closed his eyes and observed the 108,000 dragon scales of the ancestral fierce dragon in the second layer of the "Dragon Blood Classic", feeling the strange structure on top, tempering his spiritual power.

  ……

  Ten days later.

  Tang Lin left the Dragon Refining Pool, his raven-black flowing long hair was full of warm luster, his skin as tender and full as a baby's, containing vigorous power.

  "My current strength, even if I don't use the Dragon Fist's power, should be enough to easily defeat a strong warrior at the peak of martial arts." Tang Lin clenched his fist, feeling the power in his body, filled with intense confidence.

  He looked up at the distant sky.

  "It's time to leave Longjing." Tang Lin missed his mother and slightly furrowed his brow, then headed directly towards the palace in front of the mountain peak.

  For the past ten days, he has been thinking of a way to leave while observing the Ancestral Savage Dragon. He naturally wouldn't really wait here for the awakening of the bloodline, as he had inquired with Xiao Hui before entering that the awakening of the Savage Tribe's bloodline was extremely difficult, and some people might have to wait for a hundred years or even a thousand years without being able to awaken.

  Everything needs opportunity.

  Tang Lin thought back and forth, suddenly recalling the red scale that appeared when he subdued the little cat. This scale was the only thing he didn't know the origin of, and after thinking for over ten days, Tang Lin felt that perhaps this red scale was a change brought about by his blood awakening.

  Perhaps it should be said that one's own blood had once been half-awakened.

  Although he didn't know if it was true or false, Tang Lin still had the idea of trying. When he arrived in front of the palace, he asked the gate guard to report to the clan leader that his bloodline had awakened.

  Before long, the guard led Tang Lin into a grand hall on the highest level of the palace.

  "Has your bloodline awakened?" The clan leader sat upright at a desk, flipping through an ancient book. Only after Tang Lin pushed the door open and entered did he put down the book, his deep and majestic gaze fixed on Tang Lin's face.

  Tang Lin nodded and said: "Yes." As he spoke, a thought stirred in his mind, and a red scale appeared on his arm. He said, "This is it."

  The clan leader gazed at this red scale.

  "Huh?" The tribe leader suddenly exclaimed in surprise: "It's only been ten days, and you're already half awake?"

  Tang Lin was overjoyed in his heart, and unexpectedly his guess was correct. The red scales were indeed related to the bloodline. He immediately said, "Is that so? Can I leave now?"

  The clan leader gazed at him, half a moment later, and said: "Do you really want to leave?"

  Tang Lin nodded repeatedly.

  The clan leader was silent for a moment, then let out a light sigh. He said: "Alright, you are now in a half-awakened state, and it's not far from truly awakening. I can let you leave, gather your things. I'll take you out."

  Tang Lin was overjoyed, his eyes shining brightly as he said: "I'm ready now, I can go out right away. I want to see my mother."

  The clan leader's mouth corners slightly moved, then he stood up and said: "Let's go." His big hand rolled over, and the air in the room suddenly twisted, sucking the two of them in.

  When Tang Lin opened his eyes again, he had already left the Dragon Realm and appeared in a luxurious room. The clan leader stood before him, his tall figure exuding a hint of loneliness and nobility, saying: "Follow me."

  Tang Lin followed him and walked away.

  Through several corridors, passing by a few quiet courtyards, seeing the lush bamboo forest, faintly hearing the sound of birds chirping, and then arriving at a secluded courtyard.

  Push open the gate.

  As he watched the two courtyard doors slowly open, at that moment, Tang Lin's heartbeat seemed to suffocate, all the blood in his body stopped flowing, and all the sounds around him became inaudible.

  The scenery in the courtyard is unfolding before your eyes.

  This glance is as eternal!

  Tang Lin only saw a woman in gray clothes, squatting behind a fence in the vegetable field, gently picking the cultivated vegetables and putting them into a bamboo basket.

  Mother?

  Tang Lin's heart suddenly accelerated, a surge of hot blood and tears welled up in his chest, moistening the corners of his eyes.

  The woman in grey clothes turned her head and saw the tribal chief and Tang Lin outside the door. Her eyes lit up slightly, and she quickly put down the bamboo basket, saying to the tribal chief: "Father, you're here?"

  The clan leader looked at her with a complex expression, looking at this little girl who had been the most loved since childhood. In that instant, he suddenly felt a deep sense of guilt.

  "Huh, who is this?" The woman in gray clothes exclaimed in surprise as she saw Tang Lin beside her.

  The clan leader was at a loss for words, but Tang Lin had already thrown himself into the arms of the woman in gray, his heart full of longing bursting forth like a dam breaking, and he shouted: "Mom!"

  The woman in grey saw Tang Lin rushing towards her, and with a flick of her wrist, she was about to send him flying away. In her mind, no man was allowed to touch her body, not even a teenager like Tang Lin. However, when she heard Tang Lin's shout, her whole body suddenly shook violently.

  "You, what did you just call me?" The woman in grey stared blankly at Tang Lin.

  "It's me, I'm Tang Lin." Tang Lin lifted his head to look at his mother with tears streaming down his face and choked out: "Have you forgotten?"

  Tang Lin

  The woman in grey was as if struck by lightning, her slender body trembling slightly, she opened her mouth wide and then grasped Tang Lin's face, exclaiming in surprise: "You're really Tang Lin? Where's your father? Why didn't he come? What about your older brother and second sister? How are they all doing? Ah, you've grown so big..."

  She was so excited that she couldn't speak coherently, looking at her own son who had grown up to be a man standing in front of her. This kind of surprise was something she had dreamed about countless times, but when it actually happened, she could hardly believe her eyes.

  ……

  The first update is delivered, and today continues with three explosive updates!! Brothers, some friends helped to smash it, Old Gu is infinitely grateful! ~RQ